1. The Creative Skillset Tick
Comments welcome on the proposed model – would they have a different model in mind?

2. The Creative Skillset TICK
- The Kite Mark of excellence in courses for the creative industries
Gini Stirling, Quality Associate and Consultant,
Creative Skillset

3. Creative Skillset
Creative Skillset is the licensed Sector Skills Council for the Entertainment Media, Fashion and Textiles, Publishing and Advertising sectors.
We help the UK Creative Industries to be world-beating by leading the sector’s skills and talent drive.

4. Creative Industries
The Creative Industries sector is one of the most highly qualified in the economy:
over 60% of workers in the creative industries have a degree or equivalent qualification compared with 36% of the population of working age across the economy.

5. Essential partnerships
With the creative industries
With employers
With further and higher education and training providers

6. What is the Creative Skillset Tick?
The Creative Skillset Tick signposts the courses and Apprenticeships that have earned employer approval for providing the most industry-relevant education and training available.

7. Before the Tick
Students found it difficult to know which courses were right for them and their career aspirations.
Employers found it difficult to know which courses to recruit from and to engage with for internships / master-classes and live briefs etc..

8. Signposting quality and industry relevance
Focusing on excellence and the industry relevance of courses, by:
Deploying industry practitioners to use industry designed criteria to judge whether a course:
Recruits with a focus on talent and aspiration to work in the creative industries
Deploys industry experienced and up to date teaching and technical staff
Has up to date industry standard equipment
Maintains close links with industry to design and deliver the course
Has graduate destinations that prove success in getting students jobs in the industry.

9. Partnership with Higher Education
Sector specific course accreditation:
Scriptwriting
Animation
Computer Games Design / Art
VFX

10. Partnership with Higher Education
Universal Course Accreditation Pilot
Creative Industry designed generic criteria to accredit HE courses across all sectors
Made sector specific by deployment of Industry Evaluators to desk-based assess applications and visit courses

11. Recruiting from Industry
All Creative Skillset Accreditation processes are industry led
In Spring 2012 succeeded in recruiting, briefing and training over 60 employers and industry representatives to take on evaluator roles within the new Universal accreditation process
Within Apprenticeships, Creative Skillset has hired 6 industry evaluators
Over the rest of our HE accreditation we have a pool of 50+ professionals leading the assessments
Short Courses for continuing professional development has approx. 30 industry assessors
GINI
Might want to mention that on average each Industry Evaluator has contributed over 2 weeks of their time to the project

12. Outcomes from the Universal 2011-2012 Pilot
156 course applications from 27 institutions across 12 subject areas
96 courses received the Creative Skillset Tick.
UKCES - UK Commission for Employment and Skills
CIC Creative Skillset Skills Group - Creative Industries Council Creative Skillset Skills Group

13. Accredited courses Advertising – 3
Art and Design (applied in creative industries)– 8
CGI, Computer Graphics – 7
Film – 23
Interactive Media – 4 courses
Media Business/ Entrepreneurial – 1 course

14. Accredited courses Animation – 4 Screenwriting – 2 courses
Media Technology – 6 courses
Photo Imaging – 6 courses
Post Production – 6 courses
Publishing – 2 courses
Radio – 4 courses
Television/ Video/ Broadcast – 29

15. The Creative Skillset TICK

16. Fashion Design
Current pilot (January 2013 – December 2013) to accredit undergraduate degrees in fashion design
20 high performing courses invited to take part
17 have submitted their courses for assessment
The project is being led by Betty Jackson and Anne Tyrrell, along with a panel of leading industry figures from high profile companies such as MaxMara Group, Nicole Farhi, Jigsaw, John Lewis, Topman, Roland Mouret and Hobbs.

17. The Tick for Apprenticeships
Following a pilot, a number of Apprenticeship programmes have been deemed to offer the best learning to get started in the industry.
Provision was judged on:
Employer engagement and industry involvement in training
Quality of Apprenticeship delivery
Progression routes
Quality recognition from external bodies

18. Currently Ticked Apprenticeships
Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media
8 Ticked courses
Apprenticeship in Saddlery and Advanced Apprenticeship in Saddlery
1 Ticked course
Advanced Apprenticeship in Photo Imaging
2 Ticked courses
Apprenticeships and Advanced Apprenticeship in Fashion & Textiles
17 Ticked courses
No apprenticeships currently Ticked in Wales but:
Over 40 new roles have been created since 2011 in the Welsh Creative and Digital Media Industry through our Level 3 CDM
SEPT 13 aim to roll out the very first digital higher level apprenticeship in Level 4 ( target: to create another 20 roles in digital media in North and South Wales)

19. Creative Advance in Wales
Creative Provision is a project funded by the Welsh Government Sector Priorities Fund pilot aimed at inviting HE and FE providers who deliver creative and digital media/animation to submit an expression of interest to help them strengthen industry links for their courses. This could include the offer of industry mentors to review curriculum and delivery and/or continuing professional development for staff
Invitations will be sent out between now and the end of June to identify activity to be delivered later in the year
Creative media employers will be approached to contribute to the development work and to act as mentors.

20. Creative Skillset CPD short course approval
2012 piloted an on-line application and approval service for industry training providers to gain the Creative Skillset kite-mark
30 applications from invited providers
Aim to quickly approve industry facing short course programmes
On-line process delivers ‘fleet of foot’ service to ensure that specific skills development can be targeted and addressed

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22. The Creative Skillset Tick
Find the best courses and training available using our course database.

24. Find out more:
Details of courses awarded the Creative Skillset Tick can be found at:
Higher education course accreditation will ‘go live’ for all applicants late summer 2013.
Fashion design accreditation will ‘go live’ in Spring 2014.